tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post4751507146984382079..comments2016-12-09T03:23:21.933-05:00Comments on The TSA Blog: JFK - LAX Stowaway Was Screened By TSAJennifer Plozainoreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-49805777725181369692015-02-22T11:10:47.920-05:002015-02-22T11:10:47.920-05:00Secuei\rity needs to be as tight as ever, especial...Secuei\rity needs to be as tight as ever, especially in this day and age of terrorism and opportunistic attacks in the name of a personal or relligious cause.Gerardhttp://behappyagain.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-60765275876810495242011-09-15T08:40:20.838-04:002011-09-15T08:40:20.838-04:00I had no idea that 2 million people were screened ...I had no idea that 2 million people were screened per day! That&#39;s a lot.Katyhttp://www.katyperrybluewig.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-42260845153217865262011-07-23T08:46:20.387-04:002011-07-23T08:46:20.387-04:00anon said:
&quot;I noticed that you never bothered...anon said:<br />&quot;I noticed that you never bothered to comment about the teenage boy that had stowed away in the wheel well of a 737 in November of last year.&quot;<br /><br />can you please post this story? did the teenager go through a checkpoint? did he jump a fence and sneak on the plane? you do realize that the tsa can only secure cetain areas of the airport and its up to the airport&#39Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-25242674395385818482011-07-21T16:41:04.362-04:002011-07-21T16:41:04.362-04:00I noticed that you never bothered to comment about...I noticed that you never bothered to comment about the teenage boy that had stowed away in the wheel well of a 737 in November of last year.<br /><br />How many &quot;layers of security&quot; did Delvonte Tisdale make it through? No clever commentary or self-serving Q &amp; A about how we were still protected from the teenage boy who could just have easily been a bomb-carrying terrorist?<br /><brAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-91803419308579589852011-07-19T17:26:32.134-04:002011-07-19T17:26:32.134-04:00Mistakes happen, even 21 layers&#39; worth of mist...Mistakes happen, even 21 layers&#39; worth of mistakes. But it&#39;s not a great sign that the proposed solution to ensure that this doesn&#39;t happen again involves high-tech equipment. A simple calendar ought to do.Earlhttp://www.wanderingearl.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-40142286459365722852011-07-15T17:24:32.893-04:002011-07-15T17:24:32.893-04:00Anonymous said:
&quot;There is a reason that TSOs ...Anonymous said:<br />&quot;There is a reason that TSOs are only required to have a GED: &quot;<br /><br />TSOs are NOT required to have a GED; one year of experience in the &quot;security industry, aviation screening, or as an X-ray technician&quot; (cut from usajobs.com) may be substituted for a high school diploma or GED.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-8999794476093945782011-07-14T18:06:27.519-04:002011-07-14T18:06:27.519-04:00PART II
2) I highly doubt that there are &quot;ma...PART II<br /><br />2) I highly doubt that there are &quot;many&quot; TSOs who were successful, highly educated professionals before joining the agency. If you have any information about any doctors, lawyers, accountants, college professors, etc. who left their profession in order to scold people for not putting their mouthwash in a plastic baggy, I&#39;d be very interested in hearing it. <br /><Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-84906795629132366582011-07-14T18:06:08.759-04:002011-07-14T18:06:08.759-04:00Anonymous said...
You know I am so sick of people ...Anonymous said...<br />You know I am so sick of people calling the TSA Officers, ignorant, mindless morons. It is time to stop this as I know that many of these people are normal SMART people that are trying to a job to the best of their ability, support, their families, and pay their bills, JUST LIKE YOU! Many of these people are people who joined TSA back 10 years ago after feeling like this isAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-68326666681904380832011-07-14T08:36:28.845-04:002011-07-14T08:36:28.845-04:00You know I am so sick of people calling the TSA Of...You know I am so sick of people calling the TSA Officers, ignorant, mindless morons. It is time to stop this as I know that many of these people are normal SMART people that are trying to a job to the best of their ability, support, their families, and pay their bills, JUST LIKE YOU! Many of these people are people who joined TSA back 10 years ago after feeling like this is the way to serve Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-90281715256127107872011-07-12T08:41:12.401-04:002011-07-12T08:41:12.401-04:00[[they didnt figure in screening them either as th...[[they didnt figure in screening them either as they were on inbound us flights that were flying into the states.]]<br /><br />As I have to tell people frequently: you don&#39;t get points for being right. You get points for being pertinent. Explain how this is pertinent.<br /><br />[[they were not screened by the tsa, they were screened by european security.]]<br /><br />I hope this isn&#39;t Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-53784355380218557442011-07-11T08:50:23.676-04:002011-07-11T08:50:23.676-04:00[[...but crucify the guy that let one slip through...[[...but crucify the guy that let one slip through]]<br /><br />Okay, if you think we should. I would just have thought to abolish the whole process as it is and replace it with something that has, in other parts of the world, shown itself to be successful. But if you want crucifixion ... hey! why not!<br /><br />What you&#39;re describing, Mr Martyr, is a manifestation of the inherent Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-41327854413616197432011-07-10T14:18:23.137-04:002011-07-10T14:18:23.137-04:00give the checking of ids and boarding passes to th...give the checking of ids and boarding passes to the airlines where it was up until 3-4 years ago. let them deal with the problems associated with mismatched ids and boarding passes. this guy passed through security without any weapons, which is what the tsa should be concerned about. how many people got through with mismatched ids and boarding passes when the tsa didnt check? was it reported by Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-32145235739667235232011-07-08T22:20:53.758-04:002011-07-08T22:20:53.758-04:00Why is it that every time TSA or security screws u...Why is it that every time TSA or security screws up, you make the passengers pay the price?<br /><br />Maybe you SHOULD depend on a single layer of security. DOGS!!!<br /><br />I&#39;m personally sick and tired of the humiliation because of my brace.<br /><br />You say you don&#39;t profile? BS! I&#39;m pulled out EVERY TIME due to my brace, even though I set nothing off. That is what I would kimmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-58826435650924782612011-07-08T16:41:37.356-04:002011-07-08T16:41:37.356-04:00TSM, been here.... said...
Oh, and I forget to me...TSM, been here.... said...<br /><br />Oh, and I forget to mention, you have an average of about 30-45 seconds to do all of the above or the crowd starts yelling that they are missing their flight, the airline reps start bringing you more people because the line is now backed up, etc.<br />And be sure you do all this at 100% accuracy for every second that you are at the position.<br /><br />Still Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-90568987101743331962011-07-08T14:51:08.011-04:002011-07-08T14:51:08.011-04:00This incident makes me wonder why the TSA bothers ...This incident makes me wonder why the TSA bothers asking for ID at all. The 9/11 hijackers, I believe, all had picture ID that would today be accepted at security checkpoints, so clearly the presence of a driver&#39;s license doesn&#39;t make flying safer. It seems to me that as long as none of the passengers have guns or bombs it doesn&#39;t matter who they are.TrackerNeilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13738193667346391605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-52253792688135509812011-07-08T14:50:47.386-04:002011-07-08T14:50:47.386-04:00This incident makes me wonder why the TSA bothers ...This incident makes me wonder why the TSA bothers asking for ID at all. The 9/11 hijackers, I believe, all had picture ID that would today be accepted at security checkpoints, so clearly the presence of a driver&#39;s license doesn&#39;t make flying safer. It seems to me that as long as none of the passengers have guns or bombs it doesn&#39;t matter who they are.TrackerNeilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13738193667346391605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-52446742071516352972011-07-08T12:06:55.429-04:002011-07-08T12:06:55.429-04:00Two things:
1. This rather clearly exposes the re...Two things:<br /><br />1. This rather clearly exposes the reality that the ID checking process is a farce. That &quot;API OK&quot; notation on boarding passes assumes that pass holder is the person using the pass. Matching the ID is obviously fundamental to this process. Indeed if one doesn&#39;t have ID, you engage in a lengthy process of attempting to verify identification and then carry out Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-82961774396453365672011-07-08T11:26:04.235-04:002011-07-08T11:26:04.235-04:00Everyone seems to bypass the fact that the TSA DID...Everyone seems to bypass the fact that the TSA DID NOT ALLOW THIS GUY ON A PLANE!!!<br /><br />TSA only allowed him past TDC - TO BE SCREENED. Period. THE AIRLINE ALLOWED HIM ON THE PLANE.<br /><br />The AIRLINE is responsible for who they let on THIER planes. Yes, TSA screwed up. But TSA&#39;s screwup only allowed the guy to get screened. <br /><br />The airline allowed a passenger with no Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-91304845315751196962011-07-08T08:14:55.255-04:002011-07-08T08:14:55.255-04:00[[...but crucify the guy that let one slip through...[[...but crucify the guy that let one slip through]]<br /><br />Okay, if you think we should. I would just have thought to abolish the whole process as it is and replace it with something that has, in other parts of the world, shown itself to be successful. But if you want crucifixion ... hey! why not!<br /><br />What you&#39;re describing, Mr Martyr, is a manifestation of the inherent Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-33166438811126120692011-07-07T22:17:12.687-04:002011-07-07T22:17:12.687-04:00Yikes! Does anyone else here like the fact that r...Yikes! Does anyone else here like the fact that regardless of what happens the T.S.A. is never wrong ... there is always justification for EVERYTHING!?!<br /><br />Sure, this guys name doesn&#39;t match his boarding pass, and the boarding pass is for a flight that left yesterday, and he has no valid I.D. on him but we did a &quot;thorough&quot; screening!<br /><br />All the T.S.A. agents I&#39;Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-55141201648922297412011-07-07T18:14:36.428-04:002011-07-07T18:14:36.428-04:00TSM writes:
Oh, but crucify the guy that let one ...TSM writes: <i><br />Oh, but crucify the guy that let one slip through.</i><br /><br />Why not? Y&#39;all seem to crucify the passenger who remembers to clear their bag of LGAs all the time, but forgets just once and gets caught at the x-ray machine ...Jim Hugginshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02109927494965219061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-16479066943436587432011-07-07T17:55:54.305-04:002011-07-07T17:55:54.305-04:00@TSM, been here: &quot;Oh, but crucify the guy tha...@TSM, been here: &quot;Oh, but crucify the guy that let one slip through.&quot;<br /><br />Why not? TSA punishes all of us for the sins of one person.<br /><br />Double standard?<br /><br />EarlEarl Pittsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-59279339468261108242011-07-07T16:21:23.164-04:002011-07-07T16:21:23.164-04:00anon said:
&quot;Nope.
Passengers and flight crew...anon said:<br />&quot;Nope.<br /><br />Passengers and flight crew stopped Ried; passengers and flight crew stopped Abdulmutallab. TSA figured in neither.&quot;<br /><br />and they didnt figure in screening them either as they were on inbound us flights that were flying into the states. they were not screened by the tsa, they were screened by european security.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-87367047219375423552011-07-07T12:05:09.872-04:002011-07-07T12:05:09.872-04:00i have on 2 distinct occasions gotten through secu...i have on 2 distinct occasions gotten through security checkpoints after unknowingly handing the tsa agent the wrong boarding pass (always cases where i have a return flight on the same day and therefore have 2 printed boarding passes). each time the agent stared at the pass, wrote on it, and sent me on my way even though it was for a return flight at a different airport hours later. both times iAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-32907648485932078442011-07-06T14:52:56.625-04:002011-07-06T14:52:56.625-04:00Your philosophy of layers is much like trying to b...Your philosophy of layers is much like trying to build a helium balloon out of sufficient layers of cheesecloth.Ayn R. Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14542012608585134864noreply@blogger.com